Capping apparatus.



PATENTBD OCT. 8, 1907.

G. W. LYNN.

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No. 867,890; PATENTED OCT. 8, 1907.

G. w. LYNN. I GAPPING APPARATUS.

' APPLTOATION FILBD JULY'T, 1906.

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GEORGE-W. LY NN', OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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' Speoiflcrlon of Letters Patent. Application not m 7,1908. Serial s' s2a,1o4.

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I I. the county of Wayne and State ofMichigan, have ir the caps.

vented new end useiul Iniproveinents in Capping Apparatus, of which the-following is a specification. I

This invention relates to it machine for applying screw caps to cans, jars, bottles and other cont.sil'iielrii 'using closures'oi this (-Xnraeter, the object of-the in ventinn being to provi e on apparatus of simple coirstruction, whereby the operation of'applying the cixps' i 'may be conveniently, efficiently, expeditiously and inexpensively perior'lned.

One form of apparatus embodying my invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which: i

. Figure lis a front elevation of the apparatus Fig. 2

i is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlargedver ti'cnl front to rear section on line of Fig. 1 showing one of the sets oi'devices for feeding the caps to the cop holders and opening said holders t receive and release Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section through the cap leerlfing, holding and releasing" devices. Fig. 51s a secti n-n1 plan view thereof. Fig.5 is ndet-rtil section showing one 01' the rotarycan holders and one of'the cams for raising rind lowering the table. Fi; is a M v]) plan view of one of llm rotrtry can holders; Fig. 8 is avertical section showing the (-.onstruction of a. can-holder and the means for automatically opening' and elosinglhe clamping jaws thereof. Fig. 9 is a detnil verttm lgsection through the "talfle rind drive-gear of the trzunr'ii-genrsfor rotating the jar-holders, showing the means for connecting said gear for movement with the table. Fig. 10 is-t stct.lo1ml-1ilrtn view on line 10 10 of Fig.- 9. v

The frune ol' the nmehine may be of suitable construction, but as shown in the present instance,

' comprises a. pair of supporting stzindnrds 1 and 2, constructedand tied in any preferred manner to secure strengthsnd stability. Supported from. these standards at the front of the frame is a shell 3 on whieh the containers to-which cops are to heapplied are supported prior to their application to their rotary holders- 1 for the attachment of the caps thereto.

I pulleys'fi' and (li'or connection with-adrivingbelt.

.lournziled in the lower port1on of the frame is a transverse drive shaft 4 e uipped with inst and loose On this. shait are gears ,7 and 8 meshing respectively with a. pinion 9 one vertical shaft 1.0 and a gear 11 on it verticol'slmit 12. said vertical shztits being arranged at the oppositosides of the imine. The gear 7 is a.

mutilated gear, hs.ving but a portion of its periphery provided with t eth to mesh with thepinion 9, to intermittently rotste the shaft 10 a. prescribed number. of times upon etch -complete rotation thereof. I I i v The shafts ill 9 nd. 12 extend upward through St-YGI- .tically movable or table 13 which slides thereon.

't algle, the holders being rotatedjin from. the

.. the gear; 'wherehythe geor is permitted torotat' i rotary holder 14 and is designed to fitwithin thefb and 22 adapted to grip the container tohold it and carries a series of rotary holders or supports Him the cans or containers to which the caps are to be applied, each of said holders or supports comprising a, gear wheel having 2. depending huhlfi resting on the 6.0; table and joni'rlsled on al pivot bolt 16 carried bythef fshaft'ltl by itgesr 16. on the :nfipei" .end oi said shaft, I I "c 'ct niglintermeshing gears- 17i and 18 which meshtheta (2th of the adjacent holder and'toothed idle'rs f hich coriiniiini cste' motion from one holderto jfi he I he 'sries,'the gear .16 being fools lole and slidahly mounted-on the a iP'offshaft 10 to maintain conti n 011s engagement and" falls. The V p gear I comprises, asfshown in 9 end 10, g

fingers on the table projecting into negro wearer. annularly-grooved'collar or sleeve 13 depending frorn -the shalt while shiftedfond down on the pgtrt 10".

secured to and s 4 tomrecesses-oi csnssnd cont-alners .tocentert e some 8.0 in positi n uponfth'e holql er.

On the holder is a clamp comprising arps'irof jaws'21 tion thereon during the-operation of spplyingt said jaws being provided with arms 23 projoetihg 0111 A posits directions and sliding in a guide. 'spaee iornied," between the holdermd disk 20. Tlie 'fr'ee' eli g is the arms are formed with dependingttrip portions 24; which" 4 extend downward through and rare inovahle in slots in'the'liolderto adapt the jaws to he mdisllyadjus t o to clamp and releasethe can. Interposedbotween these trip port-ions and the hub .15" are expansion springs fli which serve to 'adjnstthe jaws towa rct esch other to. grip i the can. The jows-are retracted to releasethe clan at the limit of the downward movement of the table by 9'6 tracting blocks or members 27 having beveled surfaces to engage the trip portions 24 tofgraduztliy force he sarne inwardly and thereby spread-the. jaws-apart; A, horizontal shaft 2'8is arrangedhelow a. stationary b on which the retracting r1 sinhers27 are erranged an carries earns 30 which raise and lower the table 13 with the can holders thereon. The shaft 38 isxdriven the shaft 12-by intormeshing'gears 31 and 32.' h i Arranged above the table is a stationary bar: 1* port 33 'on which the cap-feeding ond holding-(lg 'are supported, said devices beihg disposod il nme abo'veand equal in number to the con p of these devices comprises s feed chute in column of caps isstackei whiChjeodsfd'own I. gravity-therein The chutes 34 are-each provi'd 1 A slots 35 through which tho'n'umlger of capscdntaiine the holder msyhe readil'y deter 11 21 t any-ti and raps.

lire Bupportod by uppoinnd lower transverse bars 36 and s7 and lirtutkotn It; tixod to the bar 3:3. The liar 31 gsnpport s I he Hllllll no of raps :1 nd to ma a guirl shelf for the food of tho raps tln-rotroni to tho ap holdom, the 5 'ie eding operation living; m't'tnnplifllltitl hy theineohan- 'T" iz'nn horoiual'tor dosori hoili linvh (-ap holder comprises 1 n pair of soginmnnl gripping jaws 3H r-urriod hy arms 40 .xpivotully lnountod upon :1 hmd fl. and having their Juppor ends llnrod or ontturnml and normolly lorcod apart by springs 42 ourriorl hy the head to maintain tho jaws i9 in gripping! position. The head 41 is arranged ,npon tho lowor olnl oi a'stom li i slidahle vertically f 'through nu oponiu in. tho bar 33 and through '55 giliido hmokot -14 tml'irul hy mid liar. A- oiled spring tfifiur 15 roundtho IIIIjH-l' porlion of tho stoi'fi between I tl'ffl thoronn and [ho hood of tho hmok'ot and nonrhilly mailitoinmlio mp lioldor in u dolor-mined ptiftiopu Iidnring tho npwiu'd nnn'oinonl. of lhotzihlo 1.3 to bring tho cans in roroivin; pnHilimL oxr-oss pressure is o iertod by tho throndod lllll'kS of tho (21112 on the caps hold by the (up lmhIi-ls. tho Int tor will rorodo upwardly against the I'CSlSIHlH'H of tho springs, thus allowing an automatic adjusting and cushioning notion to compensate for slight \nrinIinns in tho hoightn ztntl sizes of the cans llolruvting blocks 47 uro arranged :in pairs, hotwoon tho mp holilors and art: slidohly mounted in a dovotuilod grooi-o 17" on tho hair 33 through the me i diurn pl gnido limits or h't'l't'wfi l8 projecting through i nlotn in mid hlovknnud h'fflYlHjl torotain the some in po- Jnition. "lho blot-ks :iro nrrnngod to hour upon tho ontwa-rdly ourvod uppor ends of tho urml-i 4t) and are adopted to he moved inwardly and outwardly towztrdtho ,rospootivo arms of tho holdors to swing tho jnwn 39 open and pormit thorn to ho rinsed by the springs 42. The 35 mooting l'm'oi-ioi tho pairs ol jaws are adaptod to): en-

gagod by wodgo-shupml sprondorn 49 movable in unison f and onrriorl hy at supporting bar or plate 50, hotweon which and tho hnr illl nro ono or lnoro springn 5] which" mirvo to movoiho pluto- 50 putwnr lly from said ln r 33 and thorohy rotrni-t tho sprondorn "1!! to pormitthounpholding jaws to ho t-losorl by their Plo -ting springs, f

Sw'urml to and rising; from tho hm: 33 mo (-urvod l'llll-(fhf'lh 52 and 5? on \vliioh m'o pivolztlly hung links M and 'lho link. 54 in oonmeotod to it norioo of rods fiti'whit-h transl'or motion thi-roir nn to plungi-m 57 slidzthly niounti-il on lho Hllt'll 37 mid u'dnptod on thoir lorwztrtl movoun-nt to'l'ort-o tlnliottoni (tops 58 of tho roluni|'n-i of naps in tho rllnlon 34 hotwoon tlnjaws of tho rospooti'vo r-np holdt-rs. 'lo tho link 54 in ounnootod out: hull of it rod 5!! whioh nlillos ln-twoon guido rolloro till Hlllljllll'lt'li hyit hrztokot soonrod to tho hair 36, which rod 5!) in providod nt its opposite ond with a Htrap or Hlioo GI n-dnipt -tl to ho ongagorl by nomn (it! on H, nhitft (iii drivond'ro m tho shaft 12 by intorlnonldng gown (i4 and US. This slntlft rotation roiu-witrdly und tho point ol' tho mm is axhtptod to ooino in oontztot with tho HllUQ iii and nlido tho rod 5!) forward, whorohy motion will ho tritnumittmlto tho link 54. to projoot :tll oil-ho plungors 57. Whon tho hool of the cam ongagos tho nhoo the 60 rod 59 is drown roii-rwitrdly by a, rt'itrnoting spring 64 connooting tho HtLmH with tho hmokot arm 62', whorl-lay tho plungorn' will ho simultatnoouflly rotmotod and reaot for l'urthor opt-ration. Tho link 55 in pivotally conn'ootod vwith a rod 65 having a, yoke (ill in which is slidu 5-alily mou'ntod 2L shoe 6? adopted to ho ongagod'by a i cam 68 on the shot t 63, said shoe being adjustable through tho modiuln of not screws 69 udaptod to ho soom'od in adjuatod position by lock nuts 70. Thu (-a-msi (i2 and (i8 aroso arrangod upon the shaft 63 an to proporly oporato at timed intervals during tho rotation of tho shaft 63, which is driven continuously by thrdrivo goaring, losucoossivoly opera-to tho plungorn to food the cops into, the jaws 39, rotrnot tho hlookn 47 to fillow said jaws to grip the caps, and finally aftor tho (zips aro and maintain said jaws opon for tho noxt suooooding ,oporatignr lwo nots of the-no ("um o iornting dovioos are preferably omployod and arrn-ngod a suitable dilatanco npnrt to insuro a propor uniform motion of tho plungom and sproudors. Tho innor iat't's of tho jaws 39 no proforahly sorrntvd in priiotir'o in ordor to dnpt thom to grip tho rap tightly onough to hold thorn d ing the action of scrowing tho sumo itpon tho onnis, whilo pormitting tho caps to slip when they anst-rowod on to tho fullosit oxti-nt. 'lhio loa tnro in (-onnoctiun with tho foatlno of yioldingly mounting tho cap holdors insures it niooty of opt-ration and ofl'ootnally provonts jinmningof tho throztds and liability of brookago of tho rap or can when said pin-ts nro brought to gotliorq In operation, the 'oano are appliod to thoir rotating holdorsll whilo tho ta'hlo 13 is at tho limit of its down ward movomont and whon tho tooth on tho drivo goat 7 ongago i-llo pinion 9 tho holders and cans will ho r0 tntod a aullioiont numhor of tiinos and no Inoro to throad tho nooks of tho (runs-into tho naps, it hoing undorntood that prior to this oponx-tion tho plungors opornto to lood tho caps in position for application, whilo tho tnl'ilo I3 is mist-(l by tho ("aims 30 to elevate tho cans to bring thoir nooks into position to rocoivo tho cups. As soon ztn tho'tithlo hoginn to movo upwardly tho .olin nping jaws 2i. and 22 on tho can holdor aro rolonnod by tho retracting dovioos 27 and thrown by tho springs 26 into ongugomont with tho (an to [ix tho nmno to tho lioldor l l to rotnt thorowith wht-ntho gum 7 oonn-o into a otion An ooonao tho oit'ps niro :tppliod to tho not of cans fod-up in tho mamior donorihod tho motion of tho holders 14 in :trrontod by tho movemont oltho tooth of tho goztr'j out of ongngomentwith the pinion 9, mid immodiattoly thcroaitor tho table 13 will donr'ond undor tho notion of tho cams. .lust'prior to tlna,l;oginming oi tho donoonding movement of tho tithlo tlu- HIJIUMlPIH 4%) come into action and open the cap holdors to I'tll'itHO tho jaws thorooi from the applied (-apn, alto! which tho plungors operate to food 5 now not oi taps into tho holdors' ior thosucoooding operation. Tho ta'hlo 13 ronntins at rest in its lowered position it Hullioiont timo'to allow the u'pomtor to romovo tho copped cans and sulistitnto an oquivalent number of cans to lio'-cappod, tho oappod cans being reloaod and tho nuocooding not oi cans clamped on the ensuing upward movomont of tho table in tho manner ovion'nly dvsoribod The 'goar 7 thon comes into option and tho above described operation in repeated. 72

It is thought that the construction and modoof opera,- tion of tho apparatus will be fully understood from the foregoing (loadiption, taken in connection with the ac- 1 company-hag drawings, and that it is apparent that the invention provides it machine by which the op'eiation of applying sorcw gaps to cans, jam, bottles, and other" applied to tho Canes opon thojztws 3!) lo roloaso tho oops ion" containers using this form of closure may be quickly and conveniently effected.

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

'11. In a'machine of the character described, the combmation of a relatively stationary yleldingly mounted cap holder, :1 container holder movable from and toward the cup holder, means for automatically opening and closing the cap holder, means for feeding caps thereto, and means for rotating the container holder to eftect the application of the cap.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combinetlon of a rotary container holder, 0. cap holder, means for automatically opening, and closing the same, means for feeding caps to the cap holder, means for moving the container holder toward and from the cap holder, means for rotating the container holder, and means for automatically clamping the container to'and releasing it from its holder.

3. In a machine of the character described, the comblnsc 2O tlon of a supporting frame, a series of cap holders mounted upon the frame, a table movable toward and from said cup holders, jar holders carried by the table, means for automatically feeding caps to said cup holders, means for closing said holders, means for moving the table toward the cap holders and closing the jar holders thereon, means for rotating the latter to secure'thc caps upon the jars, means for releas'ng the caps from the cup holders, moans forreleasing the capped jars from their holders, means for operating the table,:and primary actuating mechanism for I operati'ng the sevefal parts in timed relation.

4: In a machiheof the character described, the con'lbination of a supporting frame, cap holders carried by the frame, means for feeding caps to the cap holders, means for opening and closing said cap holders, :1 table movable toward, and from the cap holders, jar holders upon the table, means for automatically opening and closing said holdcrs, means for rotating the jar holders when the jars are moved to cap-applying position, and means for operatin: the several parts in timed succession. 4O In a machine of the character described, the combination of a supporting frame, a cap holder carried by the frame, means for feeding the caps thereto, a table movablc toward and from the cap holder, ajar'holdcr carried by the table, means for operating the table, means for 1'0- tating the jar holder when the jar comes into cap-applying position, and means for releasing the applied cap from the cap holder and the jar from the jar holder. 6. In a machinpf the character described, the combinatlon of a supporting frame, aseries of cup holders carried thereby, moans -for opening and closing said holders and tending caps thereto, a table movable toward and from said cap holders, rotary jar holders carried by the table,

tion of a supporting frame, cap holders yleldingly mounted j thereon, each holder comprising movable gripping Jaws, means for opening and closing said jaws, means tor feeding caps thereto, a table movable toward and from the cap holders, rotary jar holders carried by the table, means for opening and closing said holders, and means forfopernting the several parts at timed intervals to feed the caps, close the cup holders, move the table toward the cap holders, rotate the jar holders, release the applied caps, retract the table and open the jar holders.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a supporting frame, cup holders carried thereby, a table movable toward and from the cap holders, jar holders carried by the table, means for automatically fccding caps to thecap holders, means for operating the table and opening and closing the holders, and means for rotating the jar holders to effect the application 'of'the caps thereto.

0. In a machine of the character described, the-combination of a supporting frame, a series of cup holders carried thereby, each comprising pivoted "spring closed clamping members, means for periodically opening and closing said members, means for feeding the caps to the cup holders when the members thereof are open, a. table movable toward and from the cap holders, rotary jar holders carried thereby, each embodying spring closed clamping arms, means for op'cratlngthe table and rotating the jar holders when the jars are brought into capnpplyiug position, means for releasing the jars from the holders, and drive gearing'for the operating parts.

10. In a machine of the character described, the comhination ot'a supporting frame, canteedlng means, cupholdcrs coiiporaiing therewith, jar holders movable vertically toward and from the cup holders, means for projecting, retracting and rotating the jar holders, and drive gearing for operating the parts at timediutervals to feed caps to the cap holders, move the jar holders to cap applying positlon, rotate said holders to screw the caps thereon, release the applied caps and retract the Jar holders and release the jars thcrclfrom.

In testimony whereof, I afl lx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. LYNN.

Witnesses An'i'uun' Snnnr, Cums AMMAN. 

